More Tax Breaks At Risk In Colorado

by Chuck Moe | 4:45 am, April 12, 2010

This Time Around The Democrats Have “Dynamic Analysis” Colorado House Majority Leader Paul Weissmann and his gang of Democratic friends have learned that with the aid of the Colorado Supreme Court, every tax credit and exemption in the books is subject to elimination despite the Taxpayer’s Bill Of Rights (TABOR) amendment. If the Colorado State legislature and State Supreme Court…

Want To Get Away From It All?

by Chuck Moe | 2:00 pm, March 21, 2010

You may want to reconsider that camping get-away you have planned if you’re thinking of seclusion, getting away from technology, and getting “back in touch” with mother nature. Depending on where you are camping, the only touching that may be going on is the Federal Park Ranger touching the video camera controls aimed at your tent.
IslandPacket.com posted an article by…

Colorado HB 1147 Helmet Law Aims to Stop Careless Minors From Themselves

by Chuck Moe | 12:39 pm, March 7, 2010

Have you seen situations across Colorado like this…(R rated – for possible injury)
While I typically hate to post photos of such dangerous situations, the current epidemic of children operating non-motorized vehicles has gotten out of control.
Fortunately, as the Post reports, “Bill sponsor Rep. John Kefalas, D-Fort Collins, promoted House Bill 1147 as a way to prevent life-changing brain injuries in…

CPAC Straw Poll Results Unpleasant For Many Conservatives

by Chuck Moe | 10:53 am, March 1, 2010

By now most people have seen the results of the CPAC straw poll for 2010. Congressman Ron Paul came in first place with last year’s winner Mitt Romney coming in 2nd. The rest of the field including Palin, Pawlenty, Pence, Gingrich, and Huckabee.  I’ve spoken and read from more than a few conservatives who were dismissive of the results. Do…

Colorado Energy Jobs Summit – Clean Ideas On Wasting More Taxpayer Dollars

by Chuck Moe | 12:10 pm, February 21, 2010

A Colorado Energy Jobs Summit was held at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus Friday, Feb 19, 2010. The organizers included U.S. Senator Mark Udall, the University of Colorado, Third Way, and the Keystone Center. The highlight of the event was Energy Secretary Steven Chu’s speech to the Colorado politicians and interest groups. As the Denver Post reported, Secretary…

Keeping Boulder Green Isn’t Easy

by Chuck Moe | 9:01 am, February 15, 2010

The city of Boulder Colorado has been having a little trouble getting people to reduce their carbon footprints according to the Wall Street Journal article Boulder Struggles With Energy Conservation.
In 2006, Boulder voters approved the nation’s first “carbon tax,” now $21 a year per household, to fund energy-conservation programs. The city took out print ads, bought radio time, sent email…

Say No to the CSU Self Defense Ban

by Chuck Moe | 9:15 am, February 10, 2010

Last week, RMGO and NAGR staff held a News Conference on the CSU campus to render the draft policy — which bans even permitted citizens from carrying concealed on campus — null and void.

Here is a video of the  RMGO news conference

Since CSU students have been allowed to carry a concealed weapon on campus, crime has dropped. As I heard…

The Big Bank Bailout Bill H.R. 4173 and the Committee for Truth in Politics

by Chuck Moe | 12:34 pm, February 8, 2010

You may have seen an this ad recently in Colorado (video and audio is bad)

Is the ad as FactCheck.org claims misleading? Technically, H.R. 4173 does give the Federal Reserve the ability to spend up to 4 trillion dollars as Bloomberg columnist David Reilly notes:
It authorizes Federal Reserve banks to provide as much as $4 trillion in emergency funding the next time…

Ed Perlmutter – Rewriting the Constitution One Bill at a Time

by Chuck Moe | 1:08 am, February 4, 2010

I’ve often chastised politicians for not obeying their oath to the U.S. Constitution and I may have to rethink my strategy if they keep pulling “rights” out of thin air faster than the Fed can print fiat currency. It seems Ed Perlmutter (D) from Golden Colorado is trying to follow the Constitution…just not the same Constitution I was thinking of.
In…

Lies, Damn Lies, and DailyKOS/Research 2000 Polls

by Chuck Moe | 10:49 pm, February 2, 2010

The progressive site DailyKOS recently released their new poll on Republican views conducted by Research 2000. It’s common wisdom that a poll is only worth the quality of it’s questions. By this standard the DailyKOS poll is worth less than the bandwidth used to post it. To say the questions asked in this poll were slanted to give answers they…

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